70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
Shows diary entries from seventy-one years ago, using today's date in Hong Kong as the starting point. To see pages from earlier dates (they go back to 1 Dec 1941), choose the date below and click the 'Apply' button.
27 Apr 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2014-04-03 21:35Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 27 Apr 1944Overcast. Squally.
Repaired camp bed for I.B. ((Who or what was I.B.?))
Steve to concert pm.
Made out Canteen lists for M.
27 Apr 1944, Harry Ching's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2014-04-15 15:08Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 27 Apr 1944Plane on display. Yarn pilot killed. One broke leg and one injured. Blindfolded taken to hospital. Americans with Chinese flag on back of jackets. But seventeen gloves. What happened to others?
27 Apr 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2016-04-25 10:33Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Thu, 27 Apr 1944Ballet “Temujin” ((for details see 26th))